Martha Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Asus2][Am][Asus2]
[Am][A][Asus2]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Martha sits by [Dm]the telephone
Hoping [G]someone will call,
she's on [Am]her own again
She has so much that she can [Dm]talk about
And there'll be [G]gossip she
can hawk [Am]about again

[Verse 2]
Did you stumble [Dm]home drunk and loud
To an [G]empty room with no
[A]one waiting [Am]there?
Is your life a black [Dm]and broken cloud?
Then [G]Martha will feed upon [Am]your despair
See the curtain move, [Dm]she watches

[Verse 3]
you
[G]Listening through the broken
walls [Am]and rotting floors
Don't make a slip, Martha [Dm]catches you
Hid[G]ing on landings [Am]and peering
'round the doors

[Verse 4]
Did you enjoy yourself [Dm]and
laugh and sing?
Then [G]Martha will circulate
each [Am]word you said
No matter what the day
[Dm]ahead will bring
You know that [G]Martha will
disapprove [Am]and shake her head

[Verse 5]
Like the vulture Martha [Dm]hovers high
[G]Waiting to pounce upon
[Am]your shattered dreams
Her twisted smile and her [Dm]nodding head
Dis[G]guise her haggard world
[Am]of lies and schemes

[Verse 6]
Who was it took and [Dm]broke
her young girl's heart
And [G]branded it and [Am]burned her mind?
Who was it tore her [Dm]life apart
And [G]left it for [Am]the rats to find?

[Verse 7]
Martha sits by [Am]the telephone[Dm]
Hoping [G]someone will call,
she's on her [Am]own again
She has so much that she can [Dm]talk about
And there'll be [G]gossip she can hawk [Am]about

[Outro 1]
again
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[A][Am][A][Am][A]
[A][A][Am]